Diphtheria, as it Prevailed in the United States from 1860 to 1866: Preceded by an Historical Account of Its Phenomena, Its Nature, and Homoeopathic Treatment |
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affected albuminuria angina aphthæ appearance attacked became Belladonna blood brane breath Bretonneau Bromine bronchia Bryonia Calc Cantharides caustic child chlor Chloride of Lime color commencement concentratum constitutional cough covered Crotalus croup croupoid form cured death deglutition deposit detached died dilutions diph diphtheria diphtheritic croup diphtheritic membrane diphtheritis disease doses Empis epidemic examination exudation false membrane fauces favorable frequently Greenhow Hepar Homoeopathic inflammation Iodide of Mercury Iodine Kali bichrom Lachesis larynx less malignant Merc mouth mucous membrane Muriatic Acid neck Nitrate of Silver Nitric Acid nose observed oesophagus oidium pain palate patches patient pellicle pharynx physicians poison post-mortem Proto-iodide of Mercury proved fatal pulse remarks remedies scarlatina scarlet fever seen severe similar slight slighter sloughs sometimes sore throat stomach submaxillary glands successful suffocation surface swallowing swelling symptoms theria thick tion tongue tonsils trachea Trinks trituration ulcers uvula violent whole
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Page 27 - This was thrown off by violent coughing or retching, and the efforts made to dislodge it were often so distressing, that the child appeared almost in a state of strangulation. This was succeeded by an abatement of all the symptoms, until a fresh quantity of the same substance was formed, when the distress recurred as before. " Most of the cases which occurred in November and afterwards, were attended with inflammation and swelling of the tonsils, uvula, and velum pendulum palati, and frequently large...
Page 31 - This stage of the disease was attended with a very great and sudden prostration of strength; a very remarkable, hollow, dry cough, and a peculiar change in the tone of the voice, not easily described, but so singular, that a person who had once heard it could almost certainly know the disease again by hearing the patient cough or speak.
Page 20 - Generally, on the second day of the disease, the face, neck, breast, and hands to the fingers ends, are become of a deep erysipelatous color, with a sensible tumefaction ; the fingers are frequently tinged in so remarkable a manner that from seeing them only it has not been difficult to guess at the disease. A great number of small pimples, of a color distinguishably more intense than that which surrounds them, appear on the arms and other parts.
Page 122 - The nostrils were blocked up with an albuminous false membrane ; the whole mucous coat of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and even some of the bronchial ramifications, were mottled with patches of lymph. Hence it seems to produce a true croupous inflammation. The gullet and stomach showed red streaks here and there, and there was a black eschar on the tongue, and another on the lower lip.
Page 31 - ... from the beginning, now became much more so; yet even when the disorder was at the worst, they retained their senses, and would give distinct answers when spoken to, although, on being left to themselves, they lay for the most part in a lethargic situation, only raising up now and then to receive their drink. Great restlessness and jactation came on towards the end of the disease, the sick perpetually tossing from one side of the bed to the other; but they were still so far comatose as to appear...
Page 20 - This colour is commonly most observable on the posterior edge of the palate, in the angles above the tonsils and upon the tonsils themselves. Instead of this redness, a broad spot or patch, of an irregular figure, and of a pale white...
Page 31 - ... to so great a degree as to threaten immediate suffocation. In general, however, it came on later, increased more gradually, and was not constant, but the patient would now and then enjoy an interval of an hour or two, in which he breathed with ease, and then again a laborious breathing would ensue, during which he seemed incapable of filling his lungs, as if the air was drawn through a too narrow passage. This stage of the disease was attended with a very great and sudden prostration of strength;...
Page 108 - Observing that removal of the exudation, and the application of remedies to the adjacent surface, neither shortened the duration nor sensibly modified the progress of the complaint, but that the false membrane rarely failed to be renewed in a few hours, I very soon discontinued this rough local medication to the tender and already enfeebled mucous membrane.
Page 102 - Egyptian disease § is not communicated by volatile invisible emanations, susceptible of being dissolved in the air and of acting at a great distance from their point of origin. It no more possesses this quality than the syphilitic disease.